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Perennials for Different Purposes: Boltonia

Anemone japonica Caryopteris incana candida (treat as a perennial) Blue Spirea Chrysanthemum (in variety) Hardy Chrysanthemum Eupatorium ageratoides Japanese Windflower Artemisia lactiflora Southernwood Aster (in variety) Hardy Aster Boltonia asteroides Aster-like Boltonia Hibiscus moscheutos Swamp Mallow Sedum (in variety) Stonecrop White Snakeroot k. Perennials for autumn-pink to crimson flowers:

Anemone japonica-pink Japanese Windflower Aster (in variety) Perry's Favorite St. Egwin novae-angliae rubra Perry's Pink Boltonia latisquama Broad-scaled Boltonia Chrysanthemum (in variety) Hardy Chrysanthemum Hibiscus moscheutos Swamp Mallow Kniphofia uvaria Red-hot Poker Plant Sedum (in variety) Stonecrop 1. Perennials for autumn-yellow to orange flowers:

Chrysanthemum (in variety) Hardy Chrysanthemum Helenium autumnale Yellow Sneezeweed Solidago (in variety) Goldenrod Helenium Riverton Beauty Yellow Sneezeweed Kniphofia pfitzeri Red-hot Poker Plant C. PERENNIALS FOR NATURALIZING IN WILD GARDEN AREAS. This group contains two sub-groups showing types of perennials which are valuable for naturalizing in wild garden areas. Most of these plants will thrive in the open sun, as contrasted with the preceding list of plants under Chapter XXVIII. a.

Tall types:

Actaea alba White Baneberry Anemone pennsylvanica Canadian Windflower Aquilegia canadensis American Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris European Columbine Aruncus sylvester Goat's Beard Asclepias tuberosa Butterfly Weed Aster cordifolius Starwort Aster Aster corymbosus Wild Aster Aster ericoides White Heath Aster Cimicifuga racemosa Snakeroot Digitalis purpurea Foxglove Echinacea purpurea Purple Cone-flower Eupatorium purpureum Joe-pye Weed Fern (in variety) Fern Filipendula hexapetala Herbaceous Meadow-sweet Filipendula rubra Japanese Meadow-sweet Helianthus (in variety) Hardy Sun-flower Hemerocallis (in variety) Day Lily Hesperis matronalis Sweet Rocket Iris pseudacorus Yellow Water Flag Iris sibirica Siberian Iris Iris versicolor Dwarf Blue Flag Liatris pycnostachya Blazing Star Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower Lychnis (in variety) Catchfly Lysimachia clethroides Japanese Loose-strife Monarda fistulosa Wild Bergamot Phlox divaricata Wild Sweet William Polemonium caeruleum American Jacob's Ladder Senecio clivorum Groundsel Sidalcea candida Sidalcea Smilacina racemosa False Spikenard Solidago canadensis Goldenrod Thalictrum aquilegifolium Meadow-rue Tradescantia (in variety) Spiderwort b. Low types:

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